Elderly cyclist killed two injured as pickup runs amok on Gorakhpur- Deoria Highway

Gorakhpur (UP), Apr 21 (PTI) A 60-year-old man died on Tuesday morning after allegedly being rammed by a speeding pickup, whose driver lost control of the vehicle, on the Gorakhpur-Deoria highway, officials said.
    In the incident, which occurred near Gahira Chaube Tola on the Motiram Adda-Jhagaha stretch, the driver and his associate were critically injured, they said.
    The deceased, identified as Lobhith, 60, a resident of Gahira Tola, was on his bicycle heading to unload a coal rack when the vehicle hit him. He died on the spot due to the impact, police said.
    According to the officials, the pickup driver, Rajkumar Yadav, is a resident of Gopalpur in Deoria's Pathardeva area, and was accompanied by Ramsagar Singh. They were transporting two cows to a cattle market in Chhapia when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
    Both Yadav and Singh sustained serious injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, police said.
    The accident also led to the death of a cow and a calf that were being transported. Police later buried the carcasses near the Dubiyari bridge.
    The body of the deceased has been sent for a post-mortem, and further investigation is underway, police added.

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